“You don’t have to go broke to go green,” said Jill Lajdziak, general manager of Saturn. I spoke with her after GM Chairman Rick Wagoner delivered the L.A. Auto Show keynote, announcing the company’s plans for a diverse portfolio of [See the full post…]

Design and technology were the themes as Troy Clarke, president of GM North America unveiled some of GM’s 2008 lineup during the L.A. Auto Show, including the company’s first mid-size hybrid vehicle, the Saturn Aura Green Line, as well as [See the full post…]

“The technical hurdles are real but we believe they are surmountable.” During his keynote address at the L.A. Auto Show, General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the company has begun work on a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, November 13, 2006, (PodTech News)–It’s no myth, the 100 mpg car exists — the rub is, they’re built in your neighbor’s garage, not a giant production plant. One company at the forefront of the technology is the California [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, November 13, 2006, (PodTech News)–Are the Starz aligned for downloading movies? At last week’s Dow Jones VentureWire Consumer Technology Conference is San Jose, Bob Clasen, Starz‘ president and CEO, spoke with PodTech’s Matt Kelly about the company’s acquisition [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, November 9th, 2006 (PodTech News)–Modern consumers are not only tech savvy, they’re also thirsty to be tuned in, unplugged, and turned on at all times and instantly with innovative digital products. This past week Dow Jones brought together [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, November 8, 2006 (PodTech News)–Sony launches the PlayStation 3 later this month — its most important product launch in years. Featuring Blu-ray technology and other features, the new device has a lot is riding on it. Sony Computer [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, October 31, 2006, (PodTech News) — As more and more content gets distributed over the Internet, P2P is finally getting a little respect. By distributing a broadcast’s bandwidth requirement over an entire network of participants rather than originating [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, October 17, 2006, (PodTech News) — Following in the footsteps of musicians, movies and members of the 18-34 demographic, politicians are now turning to social networking sites like MySpacel and Facebook to spread the word about their campaigns [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, October 10, 2006, (PodTech News) – Last month, Apple unveiled its long-awaited movie download store and within a week sold 125,000 downloads, generating $1 million in revenue for the House of Mouse. Yet despite the success, only 75 [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, October 9, 2006, (PodTech News) — Google and video-sharing site YouTube announced a stock-for-stock transaction today valued at $1.65 billion. The deal, expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year, will combine YouTube with Google’s [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 28, 2006, (PodTech News) — A consortium of leading mobile operators, network and device manufacturers and Internet content providers this week launched dotMobi. The new company — a product of collaboration between Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 27, 2006, (PodTech News) — DEMOfall 2006 is underway in San Diego this week. Billed as the premier launch venue for new products, technologies and companies, the invitation-only event includes a presentation by Solid State Networks.

LOS ANGELES, September 27, 2006 (PodTech News) — Control Room, formerly Network Live and MSN, Microsoft’s web portal, yesterday announced a multi-year content agreement to distribute live concert performances online. The deal gives Control Room, producer of last year’s Live [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 27, (PodTech News) — Wallop Technologies on Tuesday announced its own social networking site to compete against such heavyweights as MySpace, Friendster and others. Devoid of advertising, the new site debuted at DEMOfall 2006 in San Diego [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 26, (PodTech News) — The gloves are off for LimeWire in its dealings with the major record companies. The company on Monday filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging 13 [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 26, (PodTech News) — Santa Clara, Calif.-based Mercora, Inc. Monday released ‘M’ the first wireless, over-the-air mobile media software application for smart phones. The technology enables the user to access their computer’s digital music library from any [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 22, (PodTech News) — This week, The Walt Disney Company saw $1 million in revenue from 125,000 sales of digital movies oniTunes, proving — at least for now — that consumers will pay to download and watch [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 21, 2006 (PodTech News) — A group of hackers, human rights workers, lawyers and artists today launched a new web browser to protect computer users from hostile governments who would seek to identify them. Called “Torpark,” the [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 19, 2006 (PodTech News) — Microsoft officially entered the video sharing space with the beta launch of Soapbox on MSN Video. Codenamed Warhol, Soapbox will be featured on the MSN Video site and be integrated in new [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 18, 2006 (PodTech News) — Only days after Microsoft announced that its Zune media player will be released in time for the holidays, Seattle-based RealNetworks unveiled plans to partner with SanDisk on a new portable music player [See the full post…]

HELIO CEO Sky Dayton joined a panel of executives to address Mobile Social Networking at CTIA’s final keynote roundtable Thursday. The crowd was eager to hear the founder of Earthlink and Boingo Wireless discuss his thoughts on the potential for [See the full post…]

Thursday saw the conclusion of this week’s CTIA show in Los Angeles — a show that was billed as “two personalities/one show” — featuring the intersection of enterprise and entertainment. During the week’s activity, some notable news was announced, including [See the full post…]

During Thursday’s CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Los Angeles, Virgin Mobile USA’s CEO Daniel Schulman participated in a keynote roundtable on social networking and the mobile community. His comments about the company’s views on social responsibility and its [See the full post…]

The CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show began its final day at the Los Angeles Convention Center with a keynote address from Steve Largent, president and CEO of CTIA. Largent, in turn, introduced special guest Paris Hilton. After the discussion, [See the full post…]